Grooming is an English word with synonyms like training or preparation. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Grooming in a sentence
Related words
Grooming meaning
present participle and gerund of groom
Synonyms of Grooming
Using Grooming
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of groom
- Useful related words include: training, preparation, activity, dressing.
- In the example corpus, grooming often appears in combinations such as: grooming and, and grooming, of grooming.
Context around Grooming
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grooming
- In this selection, "grooming" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dog, started, either, tools, appointments and standards stand out and add context to how "grooming" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are either grooming our kids and as phishing grooming and cyberbullying. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grooming" sits close to words such as asserts, basilica and bicycles, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grooming
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An elderly man has been arrested on suspicion of child grooming offences. (12 words)
Grooming These dogs are very clean, so grooming needs will likely be minimal. (13 words)
Have peace of mind that you’re all set with this healthcare and grooming accessories kit. (16 words)
A family GP has been struck off over a sexual relationship with a schoolgirl initiated by him 'grooming' her when she was just 10-years-old after his victim came forward more than a decade later, a medical tribunal heard. (40 words)
Everyone who works at Disney and Marvel hate us and are either grooming our kids or enabling the grooming of our kids, so our only responsibility is to sit back, enjoy the implosion, and hope for more bad news. (39 words)
According to the lawsuit, filed in federal court for the District of Alaska on Monday, the woman was an inmate at a low-security prison in Dublin, Calif., when the warden, Ray Garcia, started grooming her in 2019. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Everyone who works at Disney and Marvel hate us and are either grooming our kids or enabling the grooming of our kids, so our only responsibility is to sit back, enjoy the implosion, and hope for more bad news.
She also advises dog owners to invest in good grooming tools, like a slicker brush and comb, and to maintain regular grooming appointments.
Hickman said her son is not against grooming standards, but would like to see separate grooming rules for those with long hair and cadets with short hair, rather than having different rules for boys and girls.
Though not damaged by flames, Dog Gone Clean Grooming will be displaced for several months, forcing owner Colleen Conrad to set up a grooming operation in a trailer.
Grooming These dogs are very clean, so grooming needs will likely be minimal.
A Cambridge dog grooming business is closing after one of the owners was diagnosed with a serious illness.
According to the lawsuit, filed in federal court for the District of Alaska on Monday, the woman was an inmate at a low-security prison in Dublin, Calif., when the warden, Ray Garcia, started grooming her in 2019.
A family GP has been struck off over a sexual relationship with a schoolgirl initiated by him 'grooming' her when she was just 10-years-old after his victim came forward more than a decade later, a medical tribunal heard.
And in recent years, the far right has racialised grooming gangs by associating them with Asian men.
An elderly man has been arrested on suspicion of child grooming offences.
A paedophile from Aylesbury has been jailed for sexual offences relating to him grooming two young teenage girls in Dacorum.
A salesman started "grooming" a 13-year-old girl after she answered her grandma's door to him.
Distracted driving can include talking on a phone, texting, reading, using a GPS, watching videos, eating or drinking, smoking, personal grooming, or even adjusting the radio.
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Frequent grooming and washing will keep your pet’s coat healthy while reducing the amount that covers your furniture.
Get to know what platforms your children use, and learn about dangers such as phishing, grooming and cyberbullying.
Have peace of mind that you’re all set with this healthcare and grooming accessories kit.
He credits dog grooming with giving him a purpose in life, and wants others to be exposed to the craft.
He had said that he did not consider his behaviour was grooming at the time, seeing himself as "one of the boys" even though he was 35 years older.
Common combinations with grooming
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- grooming and 27×
- and grooming 18×
- of grooming 18×
- the grooming 9×
- dog grooming 8×
- personal grooming 6×
- regular grooming 5×
- grooming business 5×
- grooming young 5×
- grooming is 5×